Varia is the founder and director of Variations Theatre Co. as well as the Managing Director of Mustardseed Productions Inc. – a developmental theatre company for children and young people. She is an Actress, Drama Teacher and an Attorney-at-Law. Varia gained her Postgraduate Diploma in Acting from the Guildford School of Acting in Surrey. She holds a Diploma in Education and a Diploma in Performance Arts Teaching (Level 4) from Stagecoach Theatre Arts School in the UK.

Varia’s local performances include Simone's Place, Girl on Fire, Party Time, The House of Landship, The Black Jacobins, Vagina Monologues, Blithe Spirit, Macbeth and For Colored Girls… While abroad, she has performed in An Absolute Turkey, Way of the World and Twelfth Night. In film, she has featured in local productions such as The Kite Flyer, Holding On, The Final Truth and Hit for Six!

Varia does extensive voice-over work for radio and television commercials and has performed and been the Voice Director for a short television animation production for children called Playground Politics. She enjoys working with children and young people, using drama techniques to address social concerns. She is a member of the Barbados Association of Drama Educators and a 'Theatre-in-Education' practitioner.

As a development consultant, teacher, activist and artist, Varia's main objective has been to develop a non-traditional, participatory training programme that facilitates the development of important life skills including critical thinking, negotiation, conflict resolution, assertive behaviour and effective communication skills for young people through the use of drama and theatre techniques.